@blogdiva This is also why experts recommend away from any kind of touchscreen voting device in favor of optical scan hand marked paper ballots (except for voters who require assistive tech).
But that's a battle for another day; no county can change its voting equipment at this point in the election.
@mattblaze @blogdiva
Hand-marked optical scan balloting is, or should be, the gold standard for voting systems. It becomes (comparatively) easy to independently verify and recount vote totals, even in the event that the scanners are unavailable or their software is in doubt.
Assistive devices to mark ballots for visually impaired voters are a valuable adjunct.
As I remember it, Washington State government had a big consultation with our earlier computer boom notables when planning our current voting system. 1990s?
The techies were _completely_ in favor of paper ballots (and simple ones!) for both money and security reasons.
Oct 22, 2026, 5:11 PM